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#+title: Add a desktop search engine for your digital library
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Desktop search engines adds a crucial thing for [[file:maintaining-a-digital-library.org][Maintaining your own digital library]]: retrievability.
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With the ability to search and retrieve for information scattered throughout our files, we can then quickly connect and add information without much burden.
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An ideal desktop search engine should have the following things:
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- Features both a graphics user interface (GUI) and a command-line interface (CLI).
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- Accepts not only plain-text files but other file formats such as images, videos, and audio.
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- Quickly searches through text and even [[file:file-metadata.org][File metadata]] for binary files.
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- Invites integration (and extension) with an API allowing for more control and features.
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- Highlights searching with a query language that is both simple and powerful.
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With a cursory search, I found [[https://www.lesbonscomptes.com/recoll/][Recoll]] that fits the bill with the added bonus of being a cross-platform tool and easily configurable.
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A desktop search engine like Recoll and DocFetcher uses index-based searches which enables them to search quite fast.
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In order to achieve Google Search-level of search speed, you have to build an index based from the contents of the directory.
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Most desktop search engines index the entire disk by default (and it is not recommended) but they should let you configure what directories to include (both Recoll and DocFetcher do).
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Indices should also be continually updated as your filesystem changes.
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